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Cape Town Could Run Out Of Drinking Water By April
January 1st, 2018
Via Circle of Blue, a report on Cape Town’s water crisis where local authorities estimate that taps will be turned off by April 2018: In 123 days, South Africa’s second largest city could run out of drinking water. Cape Town, a city of 4 million, continues to grapple with severe water scarcity following three consecutive […]
Read more »Rising Tensions Around The Nile
January 1st, 2018
Via Strategic Culture, an article on rising tensions related to the Nile: Tensions between Cairo and Addis Ababa have risen recently to set alarm bells ringing. Ministers from Ethiopia and Egypt met on Dec.26 in an attempt to resolve a dispute over the Construction of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Once more the nations failed to reach […]
Read more »Parched For A Price: Karachi’s Water Crisis
December 20th, 2017
Via Al Jazeera, a report on how residents of Karachi, one of the largest cities in the world, are being held hostage by a ‘mafia’ that makes millions of dollars out of their need for water: Orangi is a maze, a spider’s web of narrow, winding lanes, broken roads and endless rows of small concrete […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: In Kashmir, India and Pakistan Race to Tap the Himalayas
December 20th, 2017
Via The Times of India, an article on India and Pakistan’s rivalry on the Neelum River which underlines both countries’ unquenchable need for freshwater: Several hundred metres underground, thousands of labourers grind away day and night on a mammoth hydroelectric project in contested Kashmir, where India and Pakistan are racing to tap the subcontinent’s diminishing […]
Read more »Egypt: Leverage Over The Nile Washes Away
December 20th, 2017
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Egypt: Highlights Egypt will continue to maintain an aggressive tone against Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in an attempt to force Ethiopia to capitulate to Cairo’s demands, but the dam will be completed. Over the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Troubled Waters In Tibet
December 19th, 2017
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the Highlights It is unlikely that India and China will wage an all out war over water sources in disputed territory, but verbal sparring between the two will intensify in 2018. For now, the dispute will be more a reflection of broader geopolitical dynamics than a […]
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